http://www.milinda.org/news News Highlights http://www.milinda.org/insidepages/WebCast/VideoThumbs.asp Don’t miss Milinda's weekly radio show: Sanvada, on Sirasa FM, every Sunday from 8.00–10.00 am. http://www.milinda.org/insidepages/News_Centre/Milinda_in_the_News/ShowFullRelatednews070310_3.htm 09/03/2010 – Daily FT - Yesterday, the world celebrated... International Women's Day... Milinda Moragoda elsewhere in this page shares some of his own insights to the status of women in Sri Lanka...is urging all parties, civil society and opinion-makers to unite and support legislation to ensure 25% reservation for women... http://www.milinda.org/insidepages/News_Centre/Milinda_in_the_News/ShowFullRelatednews090310.htm 09/03/2010 – Daily Mirror – ... one tends to think that the problem of migrant workers and their voting rights is of little or no consequence, even though many must be aware that it is the remittances of these forgotten workers that enable the Treasury to obtain the much needed foreign exchange. a glimmer of hope in the present situation is that Milinda Moragoda... has launched a website dedicated to promoting access to vote for Sri Lankans abroad... Let us hope that many more political leaders including those women representatives to Parliament will consider this as priority... http://www.milinda.org/insidepages/News_Centre/Milinda_in_the_News/ShowFullRelatednews080310_3.htm 08/03/2010 – One half of Sri Lankans not properly represented in Parliament – Justice Minister - ...with the advent of the Centenary of Women's International Day, he urged all political parties, civil society leaders and opinion-makers to unite and support legislation to reserve 25 per cent of seats for women in parliament, provincial councils and local councils. Moragoda... highlighted the fact that through a similar measure, India has successfully brought in women to all local governing bodies and as a result, over a million women had entered politics at that level... http://www.milinda.org/insidepages/News_Centre/Milinda_in_the_News/ShowFullRelatednews080310_2.htm 08/03/2010 – Daily News - by Dulshani Gunawardena - A website promoting the access to vote for Sri Lankans abroad… has been launched... by Justice and Law Reform Minister… Moragoda… it is currently collecting signatures for a petition promoting this cause… Moragoda stated… the vote is a fundamental human right in any democracy... http://www.milinda.org/insidepages/News_Centre/Milinda_in_the_News/ShowFullRelatednews080310.htm 08/03/2010 – Asian Tribune - In the case of political representation in Sri Lanka, we cannot even refer to a ‘glass-ceiling’ – as women have been kept in the ‘basement’ of politics. National Congress.. Moragoda said that we need the ‘jump start’ of a quota to rectify this disgraceful situation... real change will come only if women enter politics in large numbers. Because they will bring with them experience, energy and enthusiasm as well as an alternative viewpoint...